DEStech Publications, Inc. announces the publication of Stress Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials by Michael Hyer of Virginia Tech. Updated and improved from an original work, Hyer's book remains the definitive introduction to the use of mechanics to understand stresses in composites caused by deformations, loading, and temperature changes. In contrast to a materials science approach, Hyer emphasizes the micromechanics of stress and deformation for composite material analysis. The book provides invaluable analytic tools for students and engineers seeking to understand composite properties and failure limits.
A key feature is a series of analytic problems continuing throughout the text, starting from relatively simple problems, which are built up step-by-step with accompanying calculations. Another important element, and one unique to this book, is an emphasis on the difference between specifying the applied loads, i.e., force and moment results, often the case in practice, versus specifying strains and curvatures and determining the subsequent stresses and force and moment results. This represents a fundamental distinction in solid mechanics.
Chapter titles include:
- Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials
- Linear Elastic Stress-Strain Characteristics of Fiber- Reinforced Material
- Prediction of Engineering Properties Using Micromechanics
- The Plane Stress Assumption
- Plane-Stress Stress-Strain Relations in a Global Coordinate System
- Classical Lamination Theory: The Kirchhoff Hypothesis and Its Implications
- Classical Lamination Theory: Laminate Stiffness Matrix
- Classical Lamination Theory: Additional Examples
- Failure Theories for Fiber-Reinforced Materials: Maximum Stress Criterion
- Failure Theories for Fiber- Reinforced Materials: The Tsai-Wu Criterion
- Environmentally Induced Stresses in Laminates
- Through-Thickness Laminate Strains
- Introduction to Fiber-Reinforced Laminated Plates
- Appendix: Manufacturing Composite Laminates
For in- depth information and table of contents on this book go to our web site www.destechpub.com or contact Michael Hauck, Marketing Director, [email protected] or call toll free (866)-401-4337. Stress Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials is published by DEStech Publications, Inc., best known for advanced materials science and engineering. 710 pages; 6 x 9 hardcover; ISBN: 978-1-932078- 86-2: $199.50; student $119.50